I recently got a search for “contentiouys vs. tendentious,” so I thought I would clarify:
This blog is:
always
pretentious,
Full Definition of PRETENTIOUS
1
: characterized by pretension: as
a : making usually unjustified or excessive claims (as of value or standing)
b : expressive of affected, unwarranted, or exaggerated importance, worth, or stature
2
: making demands on one’s skill, ability, or means : ambitious
sententious,
Full Definition of SENTENTIOUS
1
a : given to or abounding in aphoristic expression
b : given to or abounding in excessive moralizing
2
: terse, aphoristic, or moralistic in expression : pithy, epigrammatic
contentious,
Full Definition of CONTENTIOUS
1
: likely to cause disagreement or argument
2
: exhibiting an often perverse and wearisome tendency to quarrels and disputes
tendentious,
ten·den·tious \ten-ˈden(t)-shəs\
: strongly favoring a particular point of view in a way that may cause argument : expressing a strong opinion
dissentious;
Definition of DISSENTIOUS
: characterized by dissension or dissent
This blog is sometimes conscientious.
Full Definition of CONSCIENTIOUS
1
: governed by or conforming to the dictates of conscience : scrupulous
2
: meticulous, careful
This blog is seldom abstentious.
verb ab·stain \əb-ˈstān, ab-\
: to choose not to do or have something
: to choose not to vote
This blog is never licentious.
Full Definition of LICENTIOUS
1
: lacking legal or moral restraints; especially : disregarding sexual restraints
2
: marked by disregard for strict rules of correctness